Travel Blogs from Erfoud

Weather :-)))) Up just before dawn to see the sun rise over the desert. We were set to make a short camel ride into the dunes to find a good vantage point. Two hilarious Japanese ladies were to go with me, Aisha and Fatima. (Fatima was the name bestowed upon her in Morocco.) But I lost my camel... Fatima asked me, "Where's your camel?" "I think it's run away." The guide asked me, "Actually, ...

... They speak a different language then Arabs and have different names. However, any child born in an Arabic hospital has to have an Arabic name. The children are taught in school the the Amizer are ugly, with big heads and weaker. Because of this, the children are slowly denying their heritage and want to be known as Arabic. The town of a couple thousand or so, does not have a police force. There has been ...

... there was lovely snow to see on the ground. Being only a couple of hours drive from Fes and a Sunday we were traveling with many Sunday drivers taking their families up to play in the snow for the day. The traveling was pretty slow at times with road blocks caused by people parking every which way on the side of the road to take photos, play in the snow and in some cases picnic in the snow. It was lovely to see people having ...

... ever since. Barbary pirates also get their name from the same derivation of the word “berber”. Berber women are tattooed on their faces with their own tribe’s special tattoo or insignia because they are not allowed to marry outside their own tribe. With this special tattoo, there can be no mistake which tribe they belong to. Why are only the women tattooed and not the men? Passing through the Mid-Atlas I was on the lookout for ...

... Anyway, Karem asked if I wanted to take a jeep ride to Merzouga, which is where the Sahara technically beings, to watch the sun set (with all the other patsies) and I reluctantly agreed. I was actually exhausted and had not been feeling particularly chipper all day, but I didn't want to hurt Karem's feelings so off we set.

Uh bad idea. The ride was soooo bumpy, I thought for sure I was going to be sick in the jeep. I asked Karem to tell the driver to slow ...